Workshop between Japanese and Norwegian researchers within traceability and food safety

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Workshop between Japanese and Norwegian researchers within traceability and food safety

Short presentation of tour program and scientific workshop

Jostein S torey, Maitri Thakur

SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture

Aquaculture Engineering Desember 2010

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SFHBO A104047 -Open

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Workshop between Japanese and Norwegian researchers within traceability and food safety

Short presentation of tour program and scientific workshop

Jostein Stor.ey, Maitri Thakur

SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture

Aquaculture Engineering Desember 2010

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Workshop between Japanese and Nonvegian researchers within traceability and food safety

SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture

- Short presentation of tour pro~ram and scientific workshop

Aquaculture Technology

AUTHOR{S) Address: N0-7465 Trondheim, NOJWay

Location:

Jostein Storey, Maitri Thakur

SINTEF Sealab Bratt0rkaia 17C

Telephone: +4 7 4000 5350 ^CUENT(S) Fax: +47 932 70 701

E-mail: [email protected] Innovation Norway, Norwegian Research Council

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ABSTRACT

During the last 5 years SINTEF has taken part in the development of a bilateral research agreement with Japan, within food safety and traceability. The final agreement was signed in 2007. Two round table meetings took place in Japan in 2005 and 2006. In this period several research and industrial delegations visited SINTEF and Nofima. Since 2005, NRIFS (National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Yokohama) and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture have been closely cooperating within Traceability Control Mechanism research, and since 2006 FMRIC (Food Market Research and Information Center.

Tokyo) have had a close relation with Nofima and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture within food chain traceability research.

In 2007 and 2008, SfNTEF and Nofima were granted with 2 BILA T pre-projects aiming at establishing research partners and to come up with relevant research topics. In 2009 a large bilateral consortium was granted with a large 3-year research project by the "Food program" in Norwegian Research Council, focussing on food safety and traceability within the mackerel supply chain between Norway and Japan.

This was a significant milestone in the development of research cooperation between the 2 nations anc the 4 research institutes. However, it still it a challenge to obtain funding of joint or connected projects in Japan.

This work shop aimed mainly at creating a platform for further and long term cooperation between the 4 research institutes.

KEYWORDS ENGLISH NORWEGIAN

GROUP1 Food Safety Mattrygghet

GROUP2 Food Chain Traceability Kjedesporbarhet

SELECTED BY AUTHOR Traceability Control Mechanisms Anal ytiske sporbarhetsteknikker Mackerel Value Chain Forsyningskjeden for makrell

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1 List of participants

Mr. Jun Sakai, Chief Researcher, Food Marketing Research and Information Center (FMRIC), Japan

Ms. Yuka Fukasawa, Researcher, Food Marketing Research and Information Center (FMRIC), Japan

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Dr. Prof. Michiaki Yamashita, Chief, Food Biotechnology Section, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science (NRlFS), Japan

Dr. Shintaro Imamura, Researcher, Food Biotechnology Section, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science (NRIFS), Japan

Dr. Atsumi Furuya, Assistant Professor Hokkaido University

Mr. Keisuke Nakayama, Senior Market Advisor, Innovation Norway, Japan

Dr. Iciar Martinez, Profesora de lnvestigaci6n, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Spain Mr. Petter Olsen Senior Researcher, ofima, orway

Ms. Kathryn Donnelly, Researcher, Nofima, Norway Mr. Eskil Foras, Research manager, SfNTEF, Norway Dr. Finn Olav Bjmnson, Researcher, SINTEF, Norway Dr. Maitri Thakur, Researcher, SINTEF Norway Dr. Ida Aursand, Research Manager, SINTEF, Norway Dr. Rasa Slizyte, Researcher, SINTEF, Norway

Dr. Inger Beate Standal, Researcher, SINTEF, Norway Mr. Torgeir Edvardsen, Senior Adviser, SINTEF, Norway Mr. Jostein Storey, Research director, SINTEF, Norway

• The wife and 2 children of Mr. Jun Sakai also attended the guided tour to Hitra and Freya.

2 S aturday, August 28 - Monday, Au gust 30 - Guided tour to Hitra and Freya

During the weekend, SfNTEF researchers and Iciar Martinez (formerly at SINTEF, now at CSIC, Vigo) guided the Japanese visitors to the islands of Hitra and Freya. The group stayed at Sula Rorbuer at the rural fishing village of Sula. During the trip, we visited 4-5 large fish farms. The Marine Harvest fish farm at Bogeya is most probably the largest production unit in the world. On the way back, a modem wellboat was operating at this site. At Sula, the Japanese delegates were offered a special ocean fishing experience outside Sula in fantastic weather conditions. The coastal fishing vessel MIS Sulabuen transported us to their secret fishing places, and fishing was really good. Researcher Dr. Shintaro Imamura caught a cod of 14 kg on his rod. On Sunday afternoon, the catch was prepared into an unforgettable meal by the participants.

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Tire rural fishing village of Sula

Japanese delegation at Sula Rorbuer

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Mr. Nakayama

The great fisherman Dr. Imamura

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Prof. Yamashita, Mr. Storey, Dr. Imamura outside island of Sula

Wei/boat operating at Marine Harvest site at Bogeya, probably the biggest fish farm in the world

3 Monday, August

Dinner in Smedstuveien 22, Trondheim

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On Monday evening, project manager Jostein Storey hosted a private reception at his house. A cross over Japanese/Norwegian style dinner was prepared by the researchers.

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4 Tuesday, August 31- Scientific work shop at SINTEF Sealab

10:00 - 11:00 Welcome address and introduction; history and status for bilateral cooperation

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Keisuke Nakayama, Innovation Norway, Tokyo and Jostein Storey, SINTEF gave an overview of previous work that led to a bilateral research agreement between Japan and Norway, and close scientific cooperation between FMRIC, NRIFS, SINTEF and Nofima in particular.

Yuko Murata, Per Chrisler Lund, Per Engelseth, Prof. Yamashita ill between meeti11gs, Yokohama (November, 2006)

Mount Fuji as seen from tlie road - on our way to an "011sen" and a fug¹¹ breeding station (November, 2006)

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Signing of MainSafeTraceJapa11 consortium agreement at Norwegia11 embassy, Tokyo (May 2009): Mr. Storey, Mr. Nakayama, Mr. Kristensen and Mr. Sakai

11:00 - 12:00 Status for oatiooaJ/regional traceability and food safety research in Japan, Norway, Nordic Countries and EU

7 presentations by: Jun Sakai, Petter Olsen, Kathryn Donnelly, Inger Beate Standal, Maitri Thakur, Eskil Foras and Jostein Storey.

Food Safety and Food Traceability have been hot topics for the last 10 years and still a lot of projects are ongoing in both cooperating countries and in EU.

Mr. Nakayama, Dr. Standal, Dr. Slizyte, Mr. Olsen, Ms. Donnelly

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13:00 - 17:00 Status and results from MainSafeTraceJapan work packages and specific activities

introduction - Jostein Stonry

- Project communication on different levels; eRoom, home page (Tracefood.org) -Eskil Foras, Jostein Storey

- Traceability Control Mechanisms - Rasa Slizyte, lnger Beate Standal, Mjchiaki Yamashita, Iciar Martinez

- Stakeholder analyses - Jun Sakai, Maitri Thakur, Jostein Storey - Process mapping - Petter Olsen

- Critical quality points in the mackerel chain - Eskil Foras, Ida Aursand - Simulated recalls - Jun Sakai, Kathryn Donnelly

ICT solutions - Petter Olsen, Finn Olav Bj0mson, Eskil Foras

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Altogether 13 presentations were given by the project participants. A lot of good discussions took place.

Mr. Sakai, Prof Yamashita, Dr. Imamura, Mr. For/is, Dr. Furuya, Mr. Nakayama, Mr. Olsen, Ms. Do1111elly, Dr. Thakur

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Prof. Yamashita

19:00 Dinner at local sushi restaurant - The Sushi Bar

5 Wednesday, September 1 - Scientific work shop at SINTEF Sealab

09:00 -11:00 Discussions on need for improvement of research methods applied in traceability and food safety oriented projects;

- Stakeholder Questionnaire - Maitri Thakur, Jun Sakai, Jostein Stor.ey - Process mapping method - Eskil Fonis, Maitri Thakur, Petter Olsen - HACCP method - Eskil Foras, Ida Aursand, Rasa Slizyte

- Simulated recall method - Jun Sakai, Yuka Fukasawa, Kathryn Donnelly, Jostein Storny - Traceability Control Mechanism methods, Michiaki Yamshita, Shintaro Imamura, lciar

Martinez, Ida Aursand, Rasa Slizyte, Inger Beate Standal

- Cost Benefit analyses - present status on the area, Maitri Thakur, Petter, Kathryn, etc.

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Most methods used in ongoing projects were discussed thoroughly. Jn this session we ran out of time. For certain methods a need for either improvement and/or combining with other methods was identified. This session shows that there absolutely is a need for long time cooperation between researchers from the two countries, in order to develop the research areas further.

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Prof. Martinez

11:00 -12:00 Discussion: How can we involve the industry more, and how can we cooperate better with our industrial partners? Experiences so far.

Experience from MainSafeTraceJapan shows that this topic can be a challenge. In some activities there is very strong interaction with the industry, and that researchers should take care so we do not push the industry too hard. ln other activities some researchers obviously have to be cleverer to cooperate and communicate better with participating industry people. Solutions for how to deal with this were discussed and good ideas came up.

13:00 - 14:30 Further plans for project MainSafeTraceJapan - Action plan next 12 months

Large industry meeting in Tokyo April 2011 - Brainstorming on agenda points - Research cooperation in the MainSafeTraceJapan project- room for improvements?

Mr. Foras presented action plan for the next 12 months with a focus on milestones and deliverables for the different work packages and corresponding activities.

Main subject in this session was to discuss ambitions for the large industry meeting which is planned to take place in Tokyo next April. Mr. Storey led the discussions and several good ideas came up. Main attraction at the meeting will be presentation of the new tailor made traceability software for mackerel. We also like to invite Mr. Naess at the Norwegian Seafood Export Council to give a presentation of trends in the Japanese mackerel consumer market.

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Mr. Sakai

14:30 - 15:30 Further plans and opportunities for project cooperation between Japan and Norway

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Several models for further and closer cooperation between the research institutions were discussed; e.g. new national projects, internal institute projects, exchange of researchers, try to make it possible for Japanese institutes to participate in EU-projects, etc. Recently Mr. Sakai has been awarded with a new MAFF funded project which is fully in line with important activities in MainSafeTraceJapan. This is very promising and makes possible even closer cooperation between FMRIC, SINTEF and Nofima. However, we all agreed that such a visit to Norway and this workshop is a major event in a long term process to achieve more research cooperation between the to large fishing and fish consuming countries.

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APPENDIX

Selection of workshop presentation titles

Japanese - Norwegian

cooperation within Food chain Traceability and Food Safety

Research Director Jostein Storoy, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture

SINTEF Sealab

Trondheim, September 31. 2010

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Consejo Superior de lnvestigaciones Cientfficas- CSIC

High Council of Scientific Research

lciar Martinez

Research Professor

Traceability projects

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• Focus on establishing a national standard for electronic food traceability

• A nation-wide collaboration between the authorities and the food industry in Norway

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• Test and evaluate integration of EPCIS in food traceability

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Status of traceability research in Norway, the Nordic countries and EU

Senior scientist Petter Olsen Nofima Market, Norway

MainSafeTrace workshop

Trondheim, August 31 st - September 1st 2010

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Status for national traceability research in Japan

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Critical Control Points and Critical Traceability Points

Workshop MainSafe TraceJapan 31st of August - 1st of September 2010

Eskil Foras

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Food lilarV<lng R.osurdl & lnfonNllOn C.ler

Stakeholder analyses in mackerel supply chain

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August.2010

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Food Matlceling Research and lnfoonatlon Center

Jun Sakai , Yuka Fukasawa

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MainSafeTrace status and results - Process mapping

Senior scientist Petter Olsen Nofima Market, Norway

MainSafeTrace workshop

Trondheim , August 31 st - September 1st 2010

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Simulated Recalls of 34 mackerel products

August. 2010

Jun Sakai, Yuka Fukasawa, Mariko Shiga {FMRIC) Kathryn Anne~Marie Donnelly {Nofima), Jostein Storny {SINTEF)

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MainSafeTrace status and results - ICT solutions

Senior scientist Petter Olsen Nofima Market, Norway

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BILAT project- TracCtrolMac

Traceability control mechanisms in the mackerel food chain between Norway and Japan

DNA-based Sp ecies Identification

Carmen G. Sotelo, Susana Otero, Carlos Carballeira , Ricardo Perez-Martin & lciar Martinez

lnstituto de lnvestigaciones Marinas - CSIC, Spain

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WP 3: Traceability control mechanisms

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FOOd Mai1<11ti1>9 Resurdt & lnformmon Ctn1lor

Action plan of MainSafeTraceJapan co-funded by MAFF of Japan

From Sep 2010 to Mar 2011

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Food Mar1<et1n9 Research and lnfonnation Center

Jun Sakai , Yuka Fukasawa

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